diff --git a/src/youtube.rs b/src/youtube.rs
index 0795bcd..2bea596 100644
--- a/src/youtube.rs
+++ b/src/youtube.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ impl YouTubeUploader {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn create_default_metadata(video_files: &[String], description_file: String) -> Vec<VideoMetadata> {
+pub fn create_default_metadata(video_files: &[String], description_file: &str) -> Vec<VideoMetadata> {
     let expanded_path = expand_tilde(&description_file);
     video_files
         .iter()